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USMEF hails trade deals’ importance to meat industry

From the Q&As with influential people in agriculture. series

j.deyoung
Mar 24, 2020
Mar 24, 2020 Updated Mar 26, 2020

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Dan Halstrom is the president and CEO of the U.S. Meat Export Federation.

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